Pentecost Island [undiff. Raga Gp] (Pliocene of Vanuatu)

Also known as USGS 24793

Where: Vanuatu (15.8° S, 168.2° E: paleocoordinates 15.8° S, 168.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Raga Group, Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From undifferentiated reef limestones of the Raga Group. AGE: Late Pliocene, on the basis of macrofossil and foraminiferal biostratigraphy, and stratigraphic position. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From an unknown position within the section.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: poorly lithified, gray, calcareous siltstone

• EMVIRONMENT: Not stated, but presumably a shallow marine, carbonate setting.
• LITHOLOGY: Gray calcareous siltstone with molluscs. LITHIFICATION: Poorly-lithified, assumed on the basis of facies description.

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the USNM

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: Unknown collector. REPOSITORY: USNM.

Primary reference: H. S. Ladd. 1966. Chitons and Gastropods (Haliotidae through Adeorbidae) from Western Pacific Islands. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 531:1-98 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/J. Millet]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 78052: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 25.01.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COEVERAGE: Representative, but not exhaustive for gastropoda. NOMENCLATURE: An authoritative publication with relatively modern nomenclature, subgenus- and species-level identifications. IDENTIFIER: H. S. Ladd.
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Rhinoclavis (Rhinoclavis) vertagus2 Linnaeus 1758 cerith snail
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
"Cypraea (Erosaria) cf. miliaris" = Erosaria miliaris3
"Cypraea (Erosaria) cf. miliaris" = Erosaria miliaris3 Gmelin 1791 cowry
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
"Notocochlis gualteriana" = Natica gualteriana1
"Notocochlis gualteriana" = Natica gualteriana1 Récluz 1843 moon snail
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium sp.4 Linnaeus 1758 cockle
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina truncata4 Jonas 1843 tellin clam